Audio Transmission Verification Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication technologies lack a well-defined mechanism to determine whether audio is being played by the receiving terminal, leading to resource wastage and potential missed information when sending audio signals.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus where a sending terminal transmits an audio signal to a receiving terminal, determines if the audio is being played by comparing the sent audio with the received audio, and notifies the user if it is not being played, allowing for decision-making to avoid further transmission and potential information loss.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of energy

If the sending terminal continues to transmit audio signals to the receiving terminal without verification, then the audio transmission function is maintained, but resource wastage occurs and important information may be missed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource wastageVSAvoidaudio transmission reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The sending terminal obtains the playing audio from the receiving terminal and compares it with the sent audio to determine whether the audio is being played. This feedback mechanism allows the system to verify audio playback status and adjust transmission accordingly, preventing resource wastage while ensuring reliable information delivery.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs audio playback verification before continuing to transmit subsequent audio signals. By checking whether the audio is being played in advance, the system avoids unnecessary transmission of resources and ensures that important information reaches the user.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of energy

If the sending terminal verifies whether audio is being played by comparing sent audio with received audio, then resource wastage is avoided, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource wastageVSAvoidverification mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The sending terminal obtains a copy of the playing audio from the receiving terminal and compares it with the original sent audio. This copying approach enables verification of audio playback status using simple comparison operations, avoiding the need for complex verification mechanisms while effectively preventing resource wastage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS10679604B2Method and apparatus for transmitting audio
Publication Date: 2020.06.09 FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC
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AI summary

A method for transmitting audio is disclosed that includes transmitting, by a sending terminal, a sending audio signal to a receiving terminal after a connection between the sending terminal and the receiving terminal is established, the sending audio signal comprises a sending audio, receiving a playing audio played by the receiving terminal; and determining that the sending audio is not played by the receiving terminal based on the sending audio and the playing audio, notifying that the sending audio transmitted to the receiving terminal is not played by the receiving terminal.